San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-09

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gu Deia.' "a E-e Curtis On Llr d.ly OF
t.'' arrival, 10. VII sitting by the stream
| TOO q .'A N.N cAtIacDug lIle apupy from ihe
/ o. % N.'t-lra' Dru, Wuiru Is 10 b. found
49, 'N''l' "ii TIE ap ui 'Ee bsuA uume.
"" Do 400" tam. IN sy uun- ne ktu,.G a
| ""!",F oi Tuck, which tel UDun G.pr.s,,
| T''lS right iUg, crushing il illghI.ul n.
| rom lIdt da} lie atu Dt'ru 80 uT,luIu IA
'.H UldL a. Had lUuIu d Impossible to 70
,'"''i "lMtid uI Dar", and Hau prutuTTeI ~
"'Ne Tue ca ..ly,N "a ,,y Ing Oh the OASIS Ia the
|'i"'dty "i prllSnII- IA the desert
y. Tor root however, they hLd got ON
pr''! well Tor ucy nad good supply Of
"'s'''s''..s.ul, Ili lie Ua5is Ni,s iIy,ltI uttu
especially at night, by large quantities OF
game winch came thitner for wafer. These
Ine! Shol, or trapped in pitfalls using their
uo9h .of i"'I and after their clothes wore
Jul, Their ntucs Tor covering.
A hd So he ended" We have lived for
! nearly Two years, like second Robinson
! CFusOe and his man Friday, hoping against
| nope mat some native might come here and
| He1p Us ANA, Dut none have come. Only
! last nl-9, We sCJt,U that Jim should leave
ni", ana IT,, 10 Trarh SItauda's Kulal ana get
! assistance. lie WAS to 20 tO-uurrOw, but
ntu iittir hup' az seeing him back again.
| Aud 10" luH, 81 all pyUp.c IN tue world,
! iuII, VINO i;HClCu Htd long ago forgotten
! ~ ab"It me, and were living comfortably IN
| I'D England, turn up IN Il pTOmlscuOus way
:
the most wonderful thing ever heard Of,
and tie most mPr",iul too"
Then Sir Henri set to work and told him
| the main facts al our adventures, sitting till
late in the night to do ii.
by Juye!' he said, when | showed him
some Of the diamonds, well, at least you
have got something for your pains, besides
my worthless self"
Sir Henry laughed. "rhey belong to
Quatcrmain and food. Ii was part OF the
bar4atn that they should share any spoils
there might b..
This remark set me thinking, and having
spoken to Good told Sir Henry that ii was
our unanimous wish TINT he should take a
third share OF the diamonds, or IL he would
not, that his share should he handed to his
brother, who had suffered even more than
ourselves on the chance OF getting them.
Finally, We r'yaiIed upon him to consent
to this ARRANGEMENT but George Curtis did
not know OF ii tIll some time aiterward.
And here, ut this point, think | shall
finish this history. Our journey across the
desert back to Sitandas kraal was most
arduOuS, especially as we had to support
George Curtis, whose right leg was very
weak indeed. and continually throwing out
splinterS of bone; but We did accomplish 1t
somehow, AMI to give its details would only
be to reproduce much Of what had happened
TO us on the former occasion.
Six months from the date of our rearryal
at Sitanda's, we found our guns and other
goods quite safe, though the Old scOundrel in
charge was much disguised at our surviving
TO claim them, saw us all once more safe and
sound AT my little place on the Berea, near
Durham, where ! am now writing. and
whence | bid farewell to all who have ac-
cUmpaniCd ne throughout the StrangeSt trip
| ever made in the course of a long and
varied experience.
Just as had written the last word, Ka-
fir came up my avenue of Orange-treeS with
a letter in cleft stick, which he had
brought from the post. 1t turned out to be
from Sir Henry, and as it speaks for itself,
give it in full.
Bra ley Hall, Yorkshire.
My DEAR QrATERMAIN,-I sent you q
line few mli'~ ndcK to say that the three
of us, GcOrgr, Gaod, and myself, fetched up
all right in England. We got off the boat ut
southampton, and went up to town. You
should have sceI what a swell Good turned
out the very next day, beautifully shaved,
frOck coat fitting like a glove, brand new
eyeglasS, etc, etc. | went and walked in
the park with him, where | met some people
| knew, AMI at once told them the story of
his beautiful legs
He is furious, especially as some ILL.
natured person has printed it in a society
paper.
L
diamonds to S,repter'S to be valued, as we
arranged, aud am really afraid to tell you
what they put tnem at, it seems so enOT-
nous. They sa, that of course it's more OF
less guess work, as such stones have never
to their kHOwicdgr been put on the market
In any thing llE" such quantities. 1t appears
tnat they are lWllh the exception of one OF
TWO OF the lar-rsD Of the Mneot water, and
equal IN every way to the best Brazilian
stones. / aS"'d tnem II the, would buy
them, but they said 1t was beyond then
power to Go 50, ANA recommended us to sell
by utgr, GS, Tor ,c'r We should flood the
market. IhCl offer, however hundred
and elghty thousand for small portion of
them.
You must come home, Quatermain, and
see about these Things, especially if you in
slst upon making tie magnificent present of
the third share, which does not belong to
me, to my brother George. As or Good, he
is no good. His time is too much occupied
III shaving, ana other matters connected
with the vain auOrning of the body. But |
think he Is still down on his luck about FOu-
lata. lie told me that since he had been
home that he hadn seen = woman to tOucn
her, either as Regards her ilguru or the sweet
ness OF her expression.
Il want you to come home, my dear old
cOmlaut, and buy a pace near here. You
have done your day WORK, and have lots of
mUnSj now, an tn'r' Is Il place for SAFE
quite close WhIyI would suit You admirably.
Do COM; the .Ou.. iilC bitter: YOU can lin
ISL wiring the tory # Our adventures on
board sup. Nc have + fused to tell the
SlOrl I'll II II written Dy you, Tor lear thai
We Shhli not ur believed. II yOu start on IL.
ccipt 81 'h,S, lrU WIli reach here ~ Christ
man, ana Doc, luu 10 STAY with me tuI
that Too, ~ ,:'.n.u-. amt G,.,r-a, anu 50,
10y Tie W, Is Our no. .liirl Udrr-'S
blibr ''.r YOU. | g. W ,1tt him ',Dwn Tor
Mcyk a-Uut '... ..Illi lI.r IuliI III. Is Il cool